Weekly Updates

Hello to all our Deputies, WordCamp organizers, Meetup wranglers, and WordPress Community builders! You were probably hard at work this weekend. Tell us what you got accomplished in our #weekly-update!

Just had our February East Bay WordPress Meetup. Several new people attended, and many of them found the info on the WP Dashboard. We had a lively Q&A and a great presentation on building websites for maintenance (that is, the real lifecycle of a website and how devs need to think about what happens after launch). I’ll be posting some notes later today on eastbaywp.com.

On the down side, one person said he had searched for our specific meetup on Meetup.com and not found it. I’m sure I’m not the only person who has found the new Meetup.com website frustrating and more difficult to use.

WordCamp Grand Rapids budget review starting at $61.80 per person per day. Increased expense for comped tickets to accurately reflect speakers and volunteers. Reduced morning snack amount, reduced, after party amount, reduced swag cost. in the end budget comes in at $49.95 per person per day with a $2500 global grant.

reviewed, completed and sent WordCamp Grand Rapids venue agreement. reviewed required field entry on central, moved to schedule.

vetted WordCamp Abeokuta application – declined – no meetup group, never been to a WordCamp, wants to make money off surplus ticket sales. Explaining community expectations and encouraging them to start a meetup group if they’ still want to be involved.

updated “excess funds” saved reply

vetted WordCamp Kigali application – missing some important details and has an inaccurate .org username. Has only been using WordPress for about a year. Reached out to get some additional information and see how soon he’s planning to host the WordCamp before we move forward.

WordCamp Fayetteville 2018 application – not an organizer but frequent attendee and presenter at meetup. emailed to request she schedule an orientation

wetted WordCamp Jaipur application – there were a couple of yellow flag and a couple of potential red flags. Asking Hugh to reach out to them to get more information and schedule an interview if needed.

vetted WordCamp Kaduna application – no meetup group. applying without a team. Has already submitted an application to organize a meetup on the chapter account. Asked him to reapply once that group has been meeting monthly for several consecutive months.

WordCamp Taipei – no issues. asked a team to schedule an orientation.

WordCamp Mexico City – no issues. requested they schedule on orientation

received WordCamp Osaka venue confirmation – moved event to scheduled.

chat with Kathy D about WCUS leadership

Community Chat

updated Meetup application form to include the question “where can we find you online?” and requested that the WordCamp application be updated with the added question.

WordCamp San Jose budget review. Approved at per person per day cost of $36.21 with a $10000 global grant (just under 50%). reviewed venue confirmation. moved to scheduled.

Community Deputy Program

Community Deputies are a team of people all over the world who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and generally keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Here are some useful links about the program: